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Paradoxical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 11:30 AM
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Poll question: Is it better to say we are no different than anyone else?
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Edited on Thu May-05-11 11:31 AM by Paradoxical
Or would it be wiser, and possibly ethically sound, to concede to the differences between the heteronormative way of life and the way of life that most, if not all, GLBT members would like to live.

That is, a life that could be tangibly more genuine and healthy than the society currently in existence.

I'm been reading a lot of literature on queer liberation. And one of the main points of focus is on the likelihood that GLBT members are naturally rebellious because they are considered abject by society. By rebellious, I do not mean the stereotypical response of sexually promiscuous. I mean rebellious as in we ask more from our government and community. We don't feed in to the dysfunctional nature of current society.

The conclusions from such claims are somewhat fuzzy. Do we try to form our own culture that coincides with the heternormative one? Should we declare ourselves superior?

This is all assuming that the queer liberation theories are somewhat accurate. Which I'm inclined to believe from personal experience. But I'm very young. So my beliefs might suffer from the brightness of immaturity.

But what say you guys? Should we be jumping on board with the "We are all one" crowd or declaring our uniqueness as a counter to the heteronormative world?
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